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  1. Tax practitioners face new TPB 72-hour client complaint deadline

    72 hours when directed by the Tax Practitioners Board, as it seeks to focus its resources towards high-risk agents. Launched last week, the new complaint resolution process will see the TPB assess complaints from a client of a tax practitioner,...

  2. Tax practitioner charged with multiple counts of fraud

    Prosecutions and has been adjourned for further mention on 15 May 2026. The Federal Court previously made orders in March last year preserving the assets of Prakash and his related companies and restraining him from leaving Australia. ASIC said that...

  3. Tax portal updates set to end by December 2019

    “It is our understanding that, while the old tax agent portal access will continue until the end of March 2020 (when the last of the current digital certificates expire), ATO data will cease to be uploaded to the old tax agent portal from the end of...

  4. Tax planning 101: when accountants fail to get the basics right for themselves

    in his wider group of controlled companies and trusts. In a stark warning for advisers and taxpayers alike, and as reported last week by Accountants Daily’s sister brand, Accounting Times, the decision in Larmar v Commissioner of Taxation [2026] FCA...

  5. Tax ombudsman launches probe into how ATO handles identity theft

    The IGTO calls upon practitioners to detail their experiences of unauthorised access to the tax system. The taxation ombudsman has started an investigation into identity theft and compromised tax accounts after repeated reports of fraudulent activity...

  6. Tax Ombudsman kicks off review into OSfA

    review into Online Services for Agents (OFsA), building on her previous review into the ATO's registered agent phone line last year. The review into the ATO's registered agent phone line found that many of the issues raised by agents were linked to...

  7. Tax Office, Victorian police seize 18k cigarettes, $100k in cash

    Crossing, Victoria. In a joint statement with the Victorian Police, the Tax Office said search warrants were executed last week at the suspected properties in Melbourne as part of Operation Beach, which saw the destruction of illicit tobacco crops with...

  8. Tax Office warned on WRE heavy-handedness

    to “maintain a sense of balance” after a year of crackdown on work-related expenses, says a former ATO director. In July last year, the ATO released its first individuals not in business tax gap report, detailing an $8.7 billion gap which it contends is...

  9. Tax Office updates low-cost STP providers list

    single touch payroll solutions for micro-businesses. The Tax Office first published its initial list of suppliers late last year, with prominent software providers and a big four firm featuring. The solutions are required to be affordable, that is, cost...

  10. Tax Office to give further LRBA guidance

    it will be releasing in the second half of the year, ahead of the 2017 deadline for LRBAs to be on commercial terms. Late last month, the ATO extended the 30 June 2016 deadline for trustees looking to get their LRBAs on commercial terms to 31 January...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax

  11. Tax Office to consult on ‘future tax administration’ for small business

    forms part of the ATO’s broader program of work focused on helping small businesses meet their tax and super obligations. Last month, the ATO announced its ‘ready for business campaign’ that aims to improve compliance with tax, super, and registry...

  12. Tax office tipped to release new ruling

    Colonial First State executive manager Craig Day said that following the issue of a private binding ruling by the ATO last year, allowing the use of this strategy, it is likely the tax office will now be dealing with a large number of private binding...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Miranda Brownlee
    • Category: Tax

  13. Tax office targets compliance costs

    reducing compliance costs for business by progressing several “key strategies” in the coming year. In a statement released last week, the ATO said it is committed to reducing compliance by “providing contemporary services and making it easier for people...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff Reporter
    • Category: Tax

  14. Tax Office targeting DPNs at directors with high-value assets

    “One is to encourage disengaged taxpayers to deal with the ATO. So that's a taxpayers that haven't dealt with the ATO in the last three months or 100 days,” said Mudford. “They're using that game as a tool to basically reengage that client.” Another...

  15. Tax office sounds warning on pensions

    responded to confusion regarding the partial segregation of assets for pension purposes. Speaking at the CPA SMSF conference last week, the ATO’s Kasey MacFarlane, assistant commissioner, SMSF segment, superannuation, confirmed that SMSF trustees cannot...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Tax

  16. Tax Office reveals disqualified trustees register

    The register of disqualified trustees shows the names of individuals who were disqualified between October 2012 and December last year, with a breakdown of state or country and postcode. A link to a gazettal notice has also been provided for each...

  17. Tax office reveals all SMSF penalties for FY15

    handed out about 54 education directions and 27 rectification directions, Ms Simmons said. The powers, introduced in July last year, allow the tax office to impose administration penalties on trustees for certain SIS Act breaches. In addition, the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Katarina Taurian
    • Category: Super

  18. Tax Office reveals adventurous, dubious claims ahead of tax time

    and has specifically placed work-related clothing and laundry claims on notice after a 20 per cent rise in claims over the last five years, with 6 million people claiming nearly $1.8 billion in laundry expenses last year. In a bid to showcase examples...

  19. Tax office releases new cryptocurrency updates

    that may arise through profits derived from cryptocurrency investment,” an ATO spokesperson told Accountants Daily late last month. The ATO will be using its existing and standard processes to address unexplained wealth and “conspicuous consumption”...

  20. Tax office provides clarification on LRBAs

    clarification from the ATO on whether two recent interpretive decisions will be applied retrospectively. In December last year, the ATO issued two interpretive decisions, ATO ID 2014/39 and ATO ID 2014/40, which confirmed that nil interest borrowing...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Miranda Brownlee
    • Category: Tax
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